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Painting: Cunard Co.'s SS SERVIA Liverpool and New York

Painting: Cunard Co.'s SS SERVIA Liverpool and New York
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Painting: Cunard Co.'s SS SERVIA Liverpool and New York
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New Zealand Maritime Museum
Collection
New Zealand Maritime Museum
Description

Watercolour painting of Cunard Company's SS SERVIA Liverpool and New York. The ship is considered by some maritime historians to be the first modern ocean liner. Built by J & G Thomson of Clydebank launched in 1881. She was the first large ocean liner to be built of steel instead of iron, and the first Cunard ship to have an electric lighting.

Format
Image
Date created
1883-1887
Creator
Coombes, F.W.
URL
https://collection.maritimemuseum.co.nz/objects/36807
Related subjects
Painting / Maritime Arts / Shipping Lines / Commercial Shipping / Art

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